5 May 2003 By The Morning News — 05 May 2003 New York's currently: irreverent Dawn Marshall, our country's best bagger of groceries. 50-cent fare hike on city transit has many wondering when New York becomes just too expensive. Gun industry close to winning federal protection from lawsuits by victims of gun crimes. City's food pantries finding increased demand with less supply. Part one of three articles investigating the Nature Conservancy, the world's richest environmental group. Ben McGrath on New York's spree of bank robberies. New Hampshire's 'Old Man of the Mountain' granite profile collapses. Pop stars find steady paychecks with television scores. City gardeners fight hooligans, trash, and weeds for the sake of urban beauty. Wallet-size cards for eating and buying seafood responsibly. Incredible analysis of Netflix's DVD allocation system. A roll-call of Bush's lies. New York celebrity chefs (including City Bakery's Maury Rubin) invent new fast food. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Weapons of Mass Destruction, by John Warner. Music Mavericks, 13-part program on modern American musical innovation. Must try this summer: Manhattan trapeze school. Waugh was a celebrated misanthrope and an obvious misogynist, capable of alarming and hateful bouts of anger and cruelty toward friends, children, and colleagues. Christopher Hitchens on the original vile body.
